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community ...Page

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aid domestic abuse

victims ...Page

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Men honored for years of service in Scouting,

helping Eagles to fly ...Page

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Local News Montagnard refugees arrive in Charlotte ...Page

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Indian archbishop speaks

on war, church's mission ...Page

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Rev. Messrs. Johnathan Hanic

and Lawrence LoMonaco were ordained into the holy order of the priesthood by Bishop William

See story and photo essay on pages 10-11.

G. Curlin June

Every Week

1.

Entertainment ..Pages

Editorials

in

14-15

& Columns ...Pages

Graduation 2002 For story and photos of the diocesan high school

graduation ceremonies,

see pages 12-13.

Eileen and Gabriel Church receive a blessing from

Pictured above

16-17

left:

Tony Quigley from

St.

Father Lawrence LoMonaco.

Above right: Rev. Mr. Johnathan Hanic kneels before Bishop William G. Curlin. At right: Bishop Curlin extends hands over the kneeling candidates and prays the prayer of consecration.

Photos above left and at right by Alesha M. Price; above right by Kevin E. Murray.

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The World

June

Brief

in

Pakistani bishops urge

September of

"Therefore, the apostolic visit by Pope II ... will be postponed until the spring of 2003," it said.

—

John Paul

Pakistani bishops' justice and peace called on India and Pa-

Cross-country walkers aim

commission has

to raise pro-life awareness SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) Eager young adults from across the na-

kistan to strive for peace and not to

—

pursue war. The worsening situation at the borders has shaken the people of India and Pakistan, said the May 31

tion and gray-haired pro-life activists from San Francisco gathered in front of a Planned Parenthood office May 18 to pray for an end to abortion and to

statement by Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore, commission chairman. The statement came as tensions rose between the neighboring countries.

India and Pakistan reportedly have amassed 1 million troops on the borders of the disputed territory of Kashmir and have increased their war rhetoric. "The two countries have seen years of bloodshed, misery and wars waged in the name of religion and nationalism. Weapons and wars have failed in the past and will fail in the future to bring any solu-

prepare for the young people's crosscountry walk to World Youth Day in Toronto. San Francisco police officers

outnumbered visitors to the Planned Parenthood office as nine members of Crossroads' Pro-Life Walk 2002 joined San Francisco pro-lifers in

tion to problems," the statement read.

The

on the borders most severely the common

military escalation

will affect

people of both countries,

it

said.

Vatican says pope will canonize Juan Diego even if trip is canceled VATICAN CITY (CNS) With

—

Vatican

might not

II

saying Pope John Paul

officials

Mexico

visit

devo-

in July,

Juan Diego were

tees of Blessed

canonize Blessed Juan Diego. the

moment

"Up

until

of the celebration, the way,

the time and the place can change," the

Catholic News Service June "Changes are always possible, even when things have been announced in a formal way," he said. "Just like a wedding, you set the date and send out official told 5.

invitations, but until the

moment

of the

ceremony you can make changes."

(CNS)

Apted begins a look at nine newly married American couples to explore, in their own lives and actions, how the institution of marriage works and where the rough spots are. And not only will Apted look at them now, he'll also show viewers what their lives are like after two years of marriage, and after four years of marriage, and after six years, and eight years, and 10 years.

"Married in America" will be shown on the A&E cable channel in two versions: a three-hour version 8-11 p.m.

Monday, June

EDT

17 (repeated 4-7 p.m.

Apted has used the same technique of revisiting his documentary subjects in the 'Up" series, which began with a 20.

—

Borrowing a page from his acclaimed "Up" documentary series, director Michael

look at British schoolchildren in "7 Up."

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22 WINSTON-SALEM

— St

Benedict

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Youths carry WYD cross into downtown Toronto Catholic young people carry the World Youth Day cross into downtown Toronto June 9 on the final leg of its journey through Canada. Toronto will host the international gathering of Catholic youth in late July, with Pope John Paul II celebrating the closing vigil and Mass.

EDT Sunday, June 23), and a two-hour version 8-10 p.m. EDT Thursday, June

TV documentary to track married couples over next decade

WASHINGTON

CNS

praying the rosary and singing "Holy Queen Enthroned Above" in front of the abortion clinic. Two days later, the young people began a walk that will end in Toronto July 22. Along the way they will pray the rosary, visit abortion facilities, and talk about the sanctity and dignity of all human life from conception to natural death.

left

wondering if and when the peasant who saw Our Lady of Guadalupe would become a saint. An official at the Congregation for Saints' Causes said two things are certain: Only the pope can canonize someone, and Pope John Paul plans to

2002

Merz cannot be completed by this year," IKA said.

Ivan

seek peace, avoid war The LAHORE, Pakistan (CNS) India, Pakistan to

14,

Richard

McHugh,

Ph.D., will be present-

ing an introductory workshop aimed at

deepening one's personal,

social

and

spiri-

growth through neurolinguistic programming (NLP) entitled "Discovering tual

Yourself."

NLP

is

a

way of

training the

brain to learn healthy patterns and be-

ning and other topics. For reservations and other information, call Sandra Breakfield at (704) 370-3220.

and emotional

21 CHARLOTTE

vided for both dates. For reservations and

— Thank God

It's

haviors to bring about positive physical effects.

Lunch

will

be pro-

Father Larry

Friday (TGIF), a weekly support group for separated and divorced women, will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the St. Matthew Church parish center, 8015 Ballantyne

other details,

Pkwy., with a potluck dinner and a guest speaker from the community. TGIF is a healing ministry sponsored by Catholic Social Services, Charlotte Regional Of-

Secular Franciscan Order will meet today from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Con-

Hunt

call Jesuit

at (336) 725-9200.

23 HENDERSONVI LLE

— The

St.

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the

ception Church, 208 7th Ave. West. Visitors

and inquirers are welcome, so for

June

2002

14,

The World

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

in

New York bishop

resigns after admitting affairs with women

cient" despite the lessening of discrimina-

and increased contacts between officials since Pope

tion

—

NEW YORK

New York (CNS) Auxiliary Bishop James F. McCarthy has resigned after admitting he had affairs widi several women, the New York Archdiocese announced June 1 1 In a statement

church and government

Edward M. Egan

John Paul II's 1998 visit, the bishop said May 30 in a speech at the Dominican San Juan de Letran Monastery in Havana.

Hard-line attitudes by people in government and the Communist Party hinder the

personal care and concern

church's social action and educational

for all involved in this situation, in particu-

work, he added. In addition, "a cloud of

.

New York

Cardinal

"my

expressed

any women and their families who may have been hurt, and Bishop McCarthy as well." Bishop McCarthy, 59, had been a bishop only since June 1999. He was pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Shrub Oak and regional vicar for the

church's activities, Bishop Riveron said.

Ohio bishop retires; new ones named in Ohio and Kentucky

WASHINGTON bishops have been

northern Westchester, Putnam and Rockland region of the New York Archdiocese. In the U.S.

Bishops, he

tee

was

Women

on

and

Paul

misconduct

CNS

Monks killed at Conception Abbey remembered as

photo from Reuters

Catholics board up windows, doors in East Belfast home between boards protecting the door and windows of their house from loyalists during rioting in East Belfast in early June.

Belfast's acting police chief said recent rioting between Catholic and Protestant groups in the city was the worst in four years.

Two women stand

'generous, gracious' CONCEPTION, Mo. (CNS) The abbot of Conception Abbey Benedictine monastery mourned two monks killed by a gunman June 10 as men who had

—

The new rumor,

published

both of them. For the past 21 years, a

shock and sadness" at the violent deaths of Brother Damian Larson, 64, who was known as the "weather monk" at the abbey, -and Fa-

by the Czech weekly Tyden, says that at the end of the pope's Aug. 16-19 visit to his homeland, Pope John Paul will resign as head of the Catholic Church and stay in

ther Philip Schuster, the retired chaplain

Poland.

Markuri had been at one of the schools.

On a recent day in May, several members of the Markun family gathered around the large U-shaped kitchen table to swap stories of their experiences growing up in the Catholic school tradition. 'You have

was

there

"a lot of

tery in Poland.

Tyden

said

its

information

came

at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville,

from 'Polish prelates with close

who was

The gunman, who

pope," but did not mention the Carmelites.

to prioritize," said the

by police only as a 71year-old man from Kearney, Mo., was found dead in a chapel at the abbey with two weapons, an AK-47 and a sawed off .22-caliber rifle. Abbot Polan said he was

Joaquin Navarro-Valls, the Vatican spokesman, denied the rumors June 4, citing appointments the pope already has

Rosemary. "(Catholic education) was high on our priority list. We wanted the

was

in his 80s.

identified

shown this

man

sense of

who

VATICAN CITY est papal resignation

Poland

(CNS)

rumor,

missed by the Vatican,

is

— The

lat-

officially dis-

a variation on an

theme that had Pope John Paul II eventually retiring to a Carmelite monasold

more SFO,

Living-

Waters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane, will be presenting "The God Who Reconciles," a program about divine love and reconciliation beginning

evening through June 29.

this

Dr. Diane Gautney, licensed psycholo-

and

certified spiritual director, will

aid participants in learning to listen for

God's

call

despite outside influences and

interferences.

To

register, call the center

926-3833 (828) lwcrc@main.nc.us.

or

at

24 NEWTON Catholic Girls' girls

Hall.

— The

Group

ages five and up.

meeting 13th

men

for meetings, educational seminars

St.,

at St. at

is

e-mail

For more

in

Irish Catholic

Flowers

for all Catholic

The group

will

the

details,

be

West

Holy Family call Debbie

Vickers at (828) 495-2039.

26 GUILFORD COUNTY

— The

Ancient Order of Hibernians Guilford County Division, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men, is looking

to join

them and

Contact Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264 for time and location.

July 1

CHARLOTTE

— The bereavement

support group will meet tonight from 67:30 p.m. and every

room

first

Monday

in the

Church, 3016 Providence Rd. This support group is for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one. For details, call Ruth Posey, CSS counselor, at (704) 370-3238.

1 The regularly scheduled cancer support group meetfamily

at St. Gabriel

—

ings for survivors, family and friends

on

the following days: St Gabriel Church,

3016 Providence Rd., tonight and every first

Monday

at 7 p.m. in the ministry

center library and

St.

home

—

the

of God's

life."

calls for constructive dialogue

social events.

CHARLOTTE

Little

Joseph Church, 720

4 p.m.

more

inside

Cuban bishop

academy which was formed from

for

—

importance in

her mother and father alumni of St. Francis Academy and Joliet Catholic High School, respectively, but each of her 10 siblings went to. one of the schools or to

information, call Helen Gillogly,

matriarch,

children to hear outside of the

—

the

Markun

same values they hear

in

at (828) 883-9645.'

23 MAGGIE VALLEY

gist

to the

JOLIET, 111. (CNS) When Donna Markun graduated from Joliet Catholic Academy in mid-May, she was following in some familiar footsteps. Not only were

is."

Variation on a theme: Vatican denies that pope will retire in

ties

Rome after the Poland visits.

Family tradition comes to end as 11th child finishes Catholic school

made

a driver's license picture of the

gunman and "we have no

accepted the resignation of Gilbert I. Sheldon of Steubenville, who turned 75 last fall. He appointed a pastor from the Cincinnati Archdiocese, Father R. Daniel Conlon of Holy Redeemer Parish in New Bremen, as his successor. Msgr. Roger J. Foys, II

vicar general of the Steubenville Diocese,

was named bishop of Covington, succeeding Bishop Robert W. Muench, who was appointed bishop of Baton Rouge, on Dec. 15. The appointments were announced in Washington May 31 by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic La.,

lived "in a generous, gracious spirit."

Benedictine Abbot Gregory Polan said

and

Ohio,

Bishop

in the

since the start of the year following allegations or admissions of sexual

New

the dio-

of Steubenville has retired. Pope John

He was the fourth bishop to resign

Church.

—

Covington, Ky., and the current bishop

of the Commit-

in Society

(CNS) named for

of Steubenville,

ceses

Conference of Catholic

member

a

media about the

silence" exists in the official

lar

Matthew Church,

8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., on July 2 and every first Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the office building conference room.

For more information, call: St. Matthew - Marilyn Borrelli at (704) 542-2283

with government (CNS)

HAVANA, Cuba

—

nuncio to the United States.

Lexington bishop, facing three abuse claims, resigns

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

II

Canon

notice of his resignation cited

The

Pope

June 10 accepted the resignation of Bishop J. Kendrick Williams of Lexington, Ky., who faces three allegations of sexual abuse of minors or young men when he was a priest.

Bishop Williams, 65, has denied the allegations. He is the second bishop this year and the third since 1998 to resign following accusations of sex offenses against under-age boys. The Vatican

John Paul

government and the Communist Party

401.2 of church law, which says a bishop should resign if he is less able to govern his diocese "because of ill health or some other grave cause." Previously

concerning restrictions on church

a priest of the Louisville Archdiocese,

church wants a "sincere, respectful and constructive dialogue" with the Cuban

ties,

activi-

said Auxiliary Bishop Salvador

Bishop Williams

is

named

in

three

Riveron Cortina of Havana. Government

sexual abuse lawsuits filed against the

openness toward religion

archdiocese since mid-May.

is

"still

insuffi-

and

St. Gabriel - Eileen Correll at (704) 362-5047, Ext. 217.

CLEMMONS

—

from 10 a.m.-l p.m. For more information, call the shop, located at

Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd., will be celebrating a charismatic Mass tonight at 7:30 p.m. The sacrament of reconcilia-

St.,

tion will be given at '7 p.m.,

older held at St.

1

and the

laying on of hands will take place after

Mass. The next Mass will be celebrated

on Aug.

5.

For more information,

call

the

at (828)

316

Main

488-2266 or Katherine

Kelly at (828) 488-2519.

CHARLOTTE — 'Eorever Young" is an exercise group

for people 55

and

Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy.

They meet every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from

1 1

a.m.-noon "and

new members..

A

church office at (336) 778-0600 or Jim Passero at (336) 998-7503.

professional instructor will teach the

Ongoing

hour of cardiovascular exercises. Call Peg Hill at (704) 540-7255 for details.

ASHEVILLE

—

The Basilica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St., hosts free tours of the historic church after each weekend Mass. The Masses are celebrated every Saturday at 5 p.m., and on Sundays at 9 a.m. and noon. For more information on scheduling guided tours, call Shirley Gregory at (828) 274-4592.

BRYSON CITY The St. Joseph

—

are always seeking

CHARLOTTE — Rachel's Children is

who have lost a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth or SIDS. If interested in meeting to discuss the emotional, physical and spiritual effects from this type of loss, Mercy Sister Jeanne Marie Kienast at (704) 543a service for parents

7677, Ext. 43.

Church thrift shop is open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10

Please submit notices ofeventsfor tlie Dioc-

a.m.-4 p.m. and Friday and Saturday

publication date.

esan Planner at least 15 days prior to the

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Around the Diocese

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2002

New church dedicated for growing Hispanic community

By KEVIN

MURRAY

and

of

sell food outside the building, bringing in an extra $200-$300 a week to help with the center's expenses.

struggle and faith have finally paid off for Hispanic Catholics in the Char-

"I think the people are very happy with what their struggle has produced,

lotte area.

and they

E.

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

—

Years

Bishop William G. Curlin presided over the dedication Mass for the new

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church June The new building formerly known

—

the Catholic Hispanic Center izes the

it is

as

— symbol-

growing Hispanic population

the diocese, but

2.

in

only the first phase of

all

let

things

new

building and catechetical center," said

Bishop William G. Curlin blesses the new Our Lady of Guadalupe Church during the dedication Mass June 2.

R.

J.

since Mary first appeared to peasant Juan Diego near Mexico City in 1531.

Because today's Hispanics have glish

are accomplished, to bless this

Murray

Lady of Guadalupe has been embedded in the Hispanic culture ever

many

whom

Bishop Curlin to the crowd of over 600 gathered in the parish hall for the morning Mass.

"This means a lot for the Hispanic people," said Vincentian Father Vincent Finnerty, who came to the Hispanic community seven years ago when they were holding Mass in the gymnasium of the old Our Lady of the Assumption School in Charlotte.

Father Finnerty said the parishioners, whom he described as humble and devoted people, have worked hard to get the center built. Those who cannot donate their treasure donate generously with their time and talents, he said.

Many of them spend Sunday their only day off from work to cook

—

—

Father Finnerty, explaining

said

all,"

that the

time ago.

"With praise and thanksgiving

E.

it

a continuing plan that started a long

us ask God, through

Photo by Kevin

feel that Our Lady of Guadalupe has been with them through

struggles, including learning Enand finding work, Father Finnerty

said, "I

think today they can really ex-

press their confidence that

is

part of that struggle

tion of their

own

1

was

church."

See

10

NC

Thank you

for the opportunity to serve as your

General Contractor.

this

the construc-

in

28217 (704)522-8700 Phone (704)522-9881 Fax

Charlotte,

—

will

September 1997 when Father Finnerty first announced to the parish the fundraising campaign to build the community/multipurpose facility on a 16-acre tract of land off of Tuckaseegee Road in Northwest Charlotte."

Father Finnerty translated for Bishop Curlin as he said, "This is the dream that all of us had for many years, and now the dream has come true. So I ask God to bless you for all that you have done to make this possible."

The Hispanic Center includes a kitchen, shower facilities and a parish It

Leeper Construction Co.

801 Clanton Road, STE.

Our Lady of

Guadalupe has been with them and continue in all of their struggles; and

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2002

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"We come every Sunday morning, and we have new faces every week," he said.

"In 20 years, we are told that this last several years.

From previous page accommodates over 4,000 Hispanics at each of its seven weekend hall that

Masses.

The average age

of the parishio-

ners, said Father Finnerty, ,

"We

25.

is

have a nice building, but

indicating the building holds

it's

numerous

social activities, including karate classes,

weightlifting, prayer groups, marriage

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encounters and Alcoholics

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Bishop Curlin. "Here

said

(in

Our Lady

their Catholic faith, and adults will deepen their commitment to live as

"The Catholic Church has always been an immigrant church in the United States," noted Father Finnerty. "I think our Christian obligation to them is not to ask why they're here but how we can

ing built for years.

cally but spiritually,"

a real tribute to

the Hispanic community."

ary in the next decade, as well as a sports field.

lend

them

a hand."

"We

have a

soccer league with almost 200 kids," said

A ppointment of Vicariate Vicar Rev. Frank 0'Rourke while remaining as Pastor of Our Lady of Grace, Greensboro To: Vicar of Greensboro Vicariate Rev. William Robinson,

0FM

Conv.

Effective July 9;

A ppointment of pastors Rev.

come

to

is

he

Thomas

From: Administrator,

Kessler

which

know one another and

we

Rev. W. Ray Williams

From: Administrator,

Rev.

Thomas

pray that the word of God will always echo inside these walls."

Father Finnerty. 'The parking is barely enough now, so there's a need to keep on

To: Pastor of

Rev. John Kelly

Ramon

Morales; and family have watched the congregation grow over the

Joseph, Bryson City

Rev.

St.

Dorothy, Lincolnton

From: Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Heart of Mary, High Point To: Pastor, Immaculate Heart of Mary, High Point

Thomas Murphy, 0SFS

From: Interim Administrator, Saint Paul, Greensboro To: Pastor, Saint Paul, Greensboro

A ppointment of administrators Rev. John Hanic

From: Chaplain, Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School, Charlotte To: Administrator of Holy Redeemer,

Andrews with

Prince of Peace Mission, Robbinsville

Rev. Robert Ferris

Contact Associate Editor Kevin E.

expanding."

St.

From: Sabbatical

Stott

give wit-

"We

Dorothy, Lincolnton

To: Pastor of St. Mary, Sylva

ness to our faith in Jesus," said Bishop Curlin.

St.

To: Pastor of St. Leo, Winston-Salem

said.

a place to

From: Parochial Vicar, Our Lady Of Mercy, Winston-Salem To: Pastor, Our Lady of Mercy, Winston-Salem

Father Finnerty said Our Lady of

"This building

parish plans to build a sanctu-

complex and soccer

Effective immediately

Christ has taught us."

Guadalupe Church was a positive step forward for both Hispanics and the Catholic Church. "There are a lot of signs of growth in this diocese; not just physi-

The

Bishop William G. Curlin announces the following pastoral changes:

will be primarily a Hispanic diocese,"

Hispanic radio program also broadcasts from the building.

"It's not only a church but also a center for a lot of activities that bring people together," said Franciscan Sister Andrea Inkrott, diocesan director of Hispanic Ministry. "The people have been praying and working to get this buildIt's

Pastoral Assignments

of Guadalupe), the young will learn of

already too small," said Father Finnerty,

meetings.

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Murray

by calling

(704) 370-3334 or

e-

Rev. David Brzoska

From: Parochial Vicar,

St. Gabriel, Charlotte

To: Administrator of

Benedict, Greensboro

St.

From: Parochial Vicar,

St.

To: Administrator of St.

Andrew the Apostle, Mars

mail kemurray@charlottediocese.org.

Mark, Huntersville Hill

with

Mission Sacred Heart, Burnsville

Rev. Frank Seabo

From: Parochial Vicar,

St.

Lawrence

Basilica, Asheville

To: Administrator of St. Joseph, Bryson City with

Mission Our Lady of Guadalupe, Cherokee

Rev. Matthew Kauth

From: Parochial Vicar,

St.

Matthew, Charlotte

To: Administrator of St. Francis of Assisi, Franklin

A ppointment of Rev. Christopher Gober

Parochial Vicars

From: Parochial Vicar,

St.

Michael, Gastonia

To: Parochial Vicar, St. Gabriel, Charlotte

Rev.

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June

Around the Diocese

14,

Ninth year of perpetual adoration

Various cultures celebrated at

begins on Corpus Christi

outdoor Heritage Festival

2002

Photo by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay

Bishop William G. Curlin takes part in the eucharistic procession around the rose garden during the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi at Maryfield June 2.

By REV. MR.

GERALD POTKAY

Correspondent

HIGH POINT

—

One

of the

best-known secrets of success for the Poor Servants of the Mother of God is found in the perpetual adoration chapel within the Maryfield complex.

"Perpetual adoration began here on the feast of Corpus Christi in 1994," said Poor Servant Sister Lucy Hennessy, director of Maryfield. "For the last eight years, not a day has passed without at least one person praying before the Risen Christ in the chapel of adoration every hour of every day."

Perpetual adoration is a practice of displaying the Eucharist 24 hours a day in a chapel for continuous ado-

This feat is accomplished at Maryfield through the Poor Servant ration.

Sisters, their associates, the residents

and other volunteers "who unselfishly

lacking a feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. It was through her efforts

Pope Urban IV sanctioned the Corpus Christi in 1264.

A eucharistic procession was added to the feast of Corpus Christi during the 14th century. This came that

feast of

immediately following the Mass for public adoration with the purpose of enhancing the nature of the festival.

"On the Jesus

is

feast of

Corpus Christi

the rose garden and into the main reception hall where the bishop has

always blessed the residents with the presence of the Risen Lord," said Sister Lucy.

During his homily, Bishop Curlin stressed the fact that the

life,

the heart

to celebrate the Eucharist."

on a weekly

receives Jesus in the Eucharist,

Lucy.

On

the feast of Corpus Christi, we celebrate the real presence of Jesus body, blood, soul and divinity in the Eucharist. said Sister Lucy,

—

—

Bishop William G. Curlin, along with Father Anthony Marcaccio, vice chancellor, and resident and visiting priests celebrated

Mass

at Maryfield.

"This annual celebration of Corpus is our public way of giving prayer and homage to the body and blood of Jesus Christ," said Sister Lucy.

This feast of Corpus Christi is a .

Christi

movable

feast based

on the church

calendar and the celebration of Easter. It always falls on the Sunday following Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost, and focuses on the body and blood of Jesus and highlights the redemptive nature of his total self-sacrifice in the

sacrament of

the Eucharist.

During the 13th century, when devotion and belief in the church was decline, St. Juliana of MontCornillon, an Augustinian nun, received a revelation from God showing her that the Christian year was in

Photo by Ellen Neerincx Sigmon

Melissa Martinez shows her son, Emmanuel, one of the Mexican pinatas to be broken open during the St. Joseph Church Heritage Fair on Corpus Christi

June

and the foundation of the church are in the Eucharist. "Without the Eucharist, the church would surely die," said Bishop Curlin. "I became a priest

give of their time for prayer before the Blessed Sacrament for several hours basis," said Sister

...

carried in procession around

him and become

you

like him.

You

"When you

visit the sick and the you are, Christ for them."

Friends and benefactors of

infirm,

Maryfield enjoyed the celebration.

"Bishop Curlin does such a good job of reminding us that the center of our faith is Jesus Christ embodied in the bread and wine," said Geri Breeding. "It is always a pleasure to celebrate this feast with our bishop."

"This standing room-only celebration always brings us closer to Jesus and our own bishop," said Jim Neely of the Knights of Columbus

Bishop Hafey council. miss

it

"I

"I'm so thrilled to be here," added Theresa Hamsen. "I look forward all year long for this celebration knowing we have the body of Christ and our bishop with us."

Correspondent Gerald calling (336) 427-8218 or e-

Contact

Potkay by mail gpotkay@triad.rr.com.

—

NEWTON June

tic

2, for

Joseph Church

St.

many

cultures

ners out in the 90-degree heat.

Father Jim Collins, pastor of the

celebrated in both

coming together

for their Heritage Festival.

This

is

the

church, carried the Eucharist during the procession in a monstrance

Parishioners followed,

tumes native to

Commission has sponsored the festival, which included displays, foods and entertainment supplied by parishioners of various nationalities.

"We are the wheat scattered across the world," said Rev. Mr. Scott Gilfillan, permanent deacon at St. Joseph Church, in his homily. Just as flour comes together to make bread when oil and water

"We come

together

After the procession, those in atten-

Many

in

as a sport that

to be like Jesus in the world.

-need

'We can look

attendance participated in

or watched a soccer

anointing with

we

in cos-

dance visited booths representing the cultures of Brazil, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua and Poland. Parishioners were able to view the items on display and sample native foods and drinks.

festival.

oil."

many

their countries of origin,

carrying banners and singing hymns.

with the baptism of water and the Rev. Mr. Gilfillan said that

a

that allows the Eucharist to be viewed.

Community

Life

—

sacred vessel with a clear glass center

second year that the church's Family and

are added, he said,

The fra-

breezes that helped to cool the parishio-

the feast of Corpus Christi.

English and Spanish, was symbolic of the parish's

procession around the church.

grance of incense floated on the welcomed

Mass Sunday morning,

The outdoor Mass,

wouldn't

for the world."

SIGMON

Correspondent

"as-

are the presence of Christ for others," he said.

By ELLEN NEERINCX

held only one

Bishop Curlin said that when one similate

2.

game during

the

Soccer was chosen for the festival

most of the cultures repre-

sented at the festival had in

The

St.

common.

Joseph's Irish Step Dancers,

Christ," he around and see all of us gathered together as one body and one bread."

During the Mass, parishioners sung hymns and recited prayers in Spanish and English and listened to intercessory

instructed by parishioner Meg Barrett, performed hard- and soft-shoe dances in the church hall. After their demonstra-

prayers in several different languages.

lining up, smallest to tallest, to take turns

upon ourselves and see Jesus said.

'We can

also look

The Mass concluded

with a eucharis-

they invited members of the audience to learn a dance called the Bridge of tion,

Athlone.

The

festival

swinging a

ended with the children

stick at

two Mexican

pinatas.

June

2002

14,

The Catholic News & Herald 7

Around the Diocese

Montagnard refugees

Many contribute to help aid

arrive in Charlotte

domestic abuse victims

By KEVIN

MURRAY

E.

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE may do

have ended, but

for the

Montagnard

is

currently

Montagnard resettlement site in the Western hemisphere. The Diocese of Charlotte has already helped resettle 614 Montagnards in the diocese since 1986.

In May, with a letter from Bishop

Correspondent

the largest

— The

there's

By JOANITA M. N ELLEN BACH

Department, North Carolina

long

still

trip

much

to

refugees.

After several days of traveling, the

first

59 of approximately 240 Montagnards arrived in two groups at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport June 4 and June

The refugees, who have been persecuted by the Vietnamese government, are among 900 expected Montagnards slated for resettlement around North Carolina over the next several months.

"They're doing as well as can be expected for people who have traveled so far.

6.

William G. Curlin, the Refugee Resettlement Office began a diocese-wide campaign to raise the needed items for the Montagnards, who arrived in Charlotte with little more than the clothes on their backs.

those involved.

efforts

of Catholic par-

employers, veterans, the existing Montagnard community and Sunny Sarahany, owner other churches, youth groups,

—

WESTERN N.C band,

broke

Bill,

down

Susan's hus-

the front door at 2

a.m, threw her onto their bed and began

When

minutes charged

Susan called 911 and

later, Bill

with attempted murder.

two years there have been

In the last

North

Photo by Joanita M. Nellenbach

westernmost counties Clay, Chero-

Presenting a check to Patricia Gaddis is Father George M. Kloster (right), vicar of the Smoky Mountain Vicariate. With them is

more than 3,000 "Susans"

of a

Cira Ponce, director of the Catholic Social

furnish apartments in the Charlotte area

Haywood, Jackson, Macon,

Services (CSS) Refugee Resettlement Of-

kee,

ence of Catholic Bishops.

and supply clothes, said Ponce.

"It's been an extraordinary response," she said. 'We've been so blessed to have so

Ponce was at the airport with a group of local Montagnards to greet the incoming

much support."

More refugees,

fice,

an

affiliate

of the United States Confer-

refugees after a series of overseas delays

impeded their original May arrival. Ponce has been working closely with the newcomers to help them get adjusted.

"They've now had a chance to rest and adapt to their surroundings," she said. "They have visited with other Montagnards and are starting to feel at home."

As

Christians

who

turies in the Central

have lived for cen-

Highlands of South

Vietnam, the Montagnards (a French word for mountain dwellers) aided U.S. Special Forces during the 1960s, and many became prisoners in re-education camps after the Vietnam War ended.

The 900 corning to North Carolina are mostly men who fled Vietnam and left their families after the communist government crushed their protests over religious and political persecution and the taking of their tribal lands. Since February 2001, the refugees have been staying in two United Nations-administered camps in

lies,

apartment complex, helped to

including entire fami-

will continue to arrive

summer.

Office

The CSS

throughout the

Refugee Resettlement

requires the following assistance:

and training "I

condition, diapers, food cou-

will

be provided to the

continue to be

moved by the magni-

tude of our community's unfailing compassion

and commitment to those

in need,"

For more information on ways to help Montagnards, phase contact the

WE'VE MOVED!

some

Domestic Violence-Sexual

nership for Peace.

"We want to educate the clergy on how work with victims of domestic violence in

Gaddis, the Alliance's sexual assault specialist

"A

lot

of pastors do couples' counseling,

that's the

reveals

most dangerous thing the

control. If the battered

something

in

home, he can take

is

about

woman

a counseling session

that her partner has done,

when

they go

out on her because she

it

revealed something about him."

'We realized for this

there

Photo by Kevin

a

E.

Murray

Montagnard who

resettled in Charlotte in 1986, waits to greet the First group of at

Charlotte-Douglas International Airport June 4.

10:30-5 10-1

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— Religious Articles

Wayne &

Patti Dameron, owners

Maggie

Valley.

with a check presented at the June 3 Susan and her "sisters" in abuse will benefit.

Bill began verbally abusing Susan the second month they were married.

When they'd been married 10 months, and she was nine months pregnant, Bill physically abused Susan. Then he beat up her father because she and her father had a close relationship.

"The very next night," Susan said, "when Bill came home, he was drunk. He held a gun in my mouth and to my head all night long. (He said) he was going to make me watch while he cut my father's throat and killed his whole family, and then he'd kill me. He made me call my father and call him (names). I had to tell my father I wouldn't ever see him again."

Susan and Bill's son was born 13 days vicariate meeting.

Her family was afraid to go near her.

She moved out several times, but

later.

and that the churches could be this," said

Augustinian Father Francis J. Doyle, pastor of St. Margaret Church in Maggie Valley, chair of the Haywood County Domestic Violence Task Force and a REACH board member.

"The first year I was here (1998)," Father Doyle said, "the St Margaret Women's Guild was having a luncheon, and Patty Gaddis was the guest speaker; at the time, she was working for REACH. She talked about the needs here. I was shocked."

Partnership for Peace has obtained grants of $25,000 and $15,000 respectively from the Z. Smith Reynolds and

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Augustinian Father Francis J. Doyle, pastor of St. Margaret Church in

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To help alleviate the problem, the 30th Judicial District

and

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women

is

the

Montagnard refugees arriving

of the U.S. Special Forces and the State

hear nationally

CSS Refugee

Resettlement Office at (704) 370-3255.

Yjuen Eban,

Due to cooperative resettlement efforts

we

17 percent of

to

Since their arrival, the Montagnards have been busy making trips to the Mecklenburg County Health Department and Social Security Office, among other

said Ponce.

area "What

said Ponce.

an interpreter.

money home to their families,"

and the Diocese of Charlotte's Smoky Mountain Vicariate.

That statistic isn't restricted to this

tutors).

and want our lives to be like American lives, with the freedom to speak and freedom of religions," said 23year-old Ywing Eban, who spoke through

a job to send

the counties

to domestic-violence victims.

good

here,

'They have lots of hopes; one is getting

—

that comprise the 30th Judicial District

teach conversational English (orientation

cars in

Cambodia

places.

Swain and Graham

—

pons, financial donations and tutors to

States.

"We came

Carolina's seven

in

form of family violence," said Julia Freeman, director of REACH of Haywood County, which provides emergency help

still

until the opportunity arose to resettle in the

United

chil-

she regained consciousness 10

They're exhausted yet very excited," said

local

two

strangling her in front of their dren.

The combined ishes,

Editor's Note: This article contains

graphic accounts of domestic abuse. Certain names have been changed to protect

foundations.

"The Duke Foundation wants to see an ecumenical base, and that's when I was approached to see if the Catholic community would be involved," Father Doyle said. "The Augustinians have a ministry fund, and after one of our (Smoky Mountain) vicariate meetings, I called our ministry office of our province and told them what I was involved in, and they said,' yes, there was money

either lack of money or her husband's promises to reform brought her back.

She gave birth to their daughter. After that, Bill took to shoving Susan, slapping her, threatening to kill her.

The last time Susan left, Bill was asleep when she packed what she could into trash bags. She quickly put the kids in the car and got out of there as fast as she could.

He found where she lived, broke into the house and strangled her. Technicalities reduced the charge from attempted mur-

der to assault

—

injury

burglary. Currently in

— and

Bill will

inflicting serious bodily jail,

be out in only a few years.

"I worry about it, and I pray about every night, for the safety of my kids," Susan said.

Susan divorced Bill. She has a good job and takes online courses toward a bachelor's degree; her children are doing well. She tries not to dwell on her marital hell.

"If I live in it and live with it" she said, "then my children have to. I fear that we're going to have to run in six years. If we have to pick up and go, we will. I just try to live in the present and move on." it

available.'"

The Augustinians contributed the Smoky Mountain

$4,000;

Vicariate's

12 parishes

matched that

Contact Correspondent Joanita M. Nellenbach by calling (828) 627-9209 or e-mail jnell@dnet.net.

The Catholic News & Herald

8

June

Around the Diocese

14,

2002

Charismatic renewal celebrated at St. Patrick Cathedral MARY MARSHALL

By

Members

are encouraged to establish a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit through daily prayer, meditation, attendance at daily Mass and receiving

Correspondent Seventy prayer CHARLOTTE group members from parishes throughout North and South Carolina gathered for the 35th anniversary celebration of

—

the sacraments.

Through

Cathedral June

treats

9.

Father Dean Cesa, pastor of St. John Baptist Church in Tryon, the concelebrated the Mass with Father Manuel Sundaram, parochial vicar of St.

Ann Church

in

Charlotte and

lated that the charismatic

—

the Mass.

In the opening prayer, Father Cesa

wonderful the way the Lord

We

works. trust his Holy Spirit will continue to lead us."

The late Bishop Emeritus Michael J. Begley started Charlotte's charismatic renewal program 25 years ago

with the assistance of his secretary, Mary Beatty. Charismatic members, who meet weekly in prayer groups, are committed to acts of charity and love and helping other people.

Charismatic renewal flows from the personal and communal experience of the presence and power of the Holy

What was

movement

played a vital part in his vocation.

While attending the 25th anniversary celebration of the charismatic movement in Pittsburgh, Penn., he joined in an altar call for vocations those thinking of entering the religious life were encouraged to pray for their vocation, make a retreat with just their vocation in mind, seek spiritual direction and speak to a director of vocations.

"Things moved very quickly for me after that," said Father Cesa. "This is an indication of how God was moving within me, prodding me along to answer his call."

Referring to Sunday's Gospel, Father Cesa noted that Matthew was called to leave one vocation that of a tax collector to follow another, which was

charismatic member.

Prayer group members processed into the church carrying banners at the start of the Mass. Raising of hands, singing and joining the celebrants on the altar were special characteristics of

said, "It is

conferences, seminars, re-

and presentations, the Charlotte charismatic renewal program makes known the power and presence of the Holy Spirit of God as he seeks to reveal the love of the Father through Jesus.

In the homily, Father Cesa re-

the charismatic renewal at St. Patrick

—

—

may

Spirit,

A

special part

at the consecration

of the Mass occurred with members stand-

As Father Cesa

raised

the host and chalice, prayer group

mem-

ing on the

altar.

bers vocally expressed personal praise

and prayer.

Another meaningful moment occurred during the sign of peace, when a true expression of friendship and unity

was expressed through handshakes and hugs.

Just before the final blessing,

many

members

shared their thoughts, strengths and testimonies. A potluck supper in

St.

Patrick School's cafeteria

followed the Mass.

Photo by Mary Marshall

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charismatic renewal at Cathedral June 9.

St.

Patrick

Jesus' calling.

"The Holy

Spirit asks all of us to

received in the sacra-

follow Jesus, to find our vocation in

ments of baptism, Communion and confirmation is enlivened or rekindled.

him, leaving behind those things that may hinder our vocation," said Father

Spirit.

"Through the Holy

Cesa.

our prayers be a continuing, guiding force. Let us all be filled with love and mercy in God and share that. It is his guidance that leads us to righteousness and ultimately brings us peace in our lives."

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Around the Diocese

Men honored for years of service in Scouting, helping Eagles to fly By

ALESHA M. PRICE

recruit

CHARLOTTE

—

in various

same company

hoods and placed them in situations and settings with which many were not

Willis Joseph's

and Henry "Penny" Wallace's verge

boys not only from the parish in the surrounding neighbor-

but also

Staff Writer lives

con-

familiar.

ways: both work for the

"We

departments;

in different

took kids out of highly urban

sing in the Per-

settings out into the mountains, which

Hope Gospel Choir of Our Lady

was something that many of them

of Consolation Church (OLC); and both grandfathers have dedicated their time

would not have experienced. This is a program that provided something for

and talent to helping

boys to be-

the boys to do.

men

ration and joy

both are baritones petual

come

who

raise

successful, prosperous

community. For more than 40 combined and Wallace have been Assistant Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster years, Joseph

respectively for

Troop 1 72 in the Polaris Mecklenburg County

District of the Council,

Boy Scouts of America and were

honored

for their affiliation with the age-

old organization.

Held on June

the appreciation

1,

To see the look of exhila-

on the face of a 1 7-yearold who has just been on his first Whitewater rafting trip or of a 14-yearold who has climbed atop a mountain can be compared to no other experiences," said Wallace.

in their

Photos by Alesha M. Price

banquet, sponsored by a committee from

and spearheaded by co-chairperPriscilla Duncan and Pat McDonald, highlighted their careers and

Assistant Scoutmaster Willis Joseph

spodighted the fruit- of their labor Eagle Scouts since 1987 and many

an appreciation banquet June

OLC

and Scoutmaster Henry Wallace of

sons

Wallace has received many awards and has served in many capacities including Scoutmaster of the Mecklenburg Council's Troop 1504 at the 2001 National Scout Jamboree, Polaris District Klondike Vice Chief in 2000, Catholic Camporee Chief and

Cub

graciously receive appreciation cards

Talahi District Camporee Chief. He has also been elected to serve on the executive board of the Mecklenburg County

and Boy Scouts. With less than one percent of Boy Scouts reaching the Eagle level, Joseph and Wallace were

from Mary Jones, Our Lady of

Council,

—

Troop 172 smile

21

reach farther for their goals.

"They've done so

much good

for the

Henry and

Willis have been involved a lot and have provided an important continuity for the boys," said

Leroy Mayne,

Mecklenburg County Council Scout executive and banquet guest. "They have had a much higher number of Eagle Scouts than most of the troops and

Services

most of the African-American troops because of their tenure with the program, dedication and positive encouragement year after year for the Scouts to be the best they can be."

community

Several church and

leaders, parishioners, family, friends

Executive Director: Elizabeth Thurbee (704)

370-3227

and

Cira

Ponce (704) 370-6930

lustice & Peace: Joe Pureilo(704) 370-3225

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Ordination 2002

14,

2002

New priests called to be lights

By KEVIN

E.

MURRAY

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

—

In a spirited mes-

sage to two candidates for the priesthood in the Diocese of Charlotte, Bishop William G. Curlin focused on the responsibility that comes with the sacrament and called on his brother priests to be living examples of Christ.

Before a church packed with clergy,

seminarians and the two candi-

religious,

Bishop Curlin proudly wel-

dates' families,

comed Rev. Messrs. Johnathan Hanic and Lawrence LoMonaco as the diocese's newest priests during a two-hour Mass at St Patrick Cathedral June

The

ordination

2.

was unique

as the

newly ordained Father Johnathan Hanic joined his father, Father John Hanic, chaplain at Holy Trinity Middle School, as a priest of the diocese.

In his homily, Bishop Curlin expressed the fulfillment and rewards of be-

ing a

but revealed

priest,

it

as a

life

that

requires endless faith and devotion.

imagine that only

"I

come

in the years to

enormity of what you are doing today," he said to the two

you

will

realize die

candidates. "It will

on your part cism that

It

demand much

may mean

unjust and unfair.

is

sacrifice

receiving

criti-

It will entail

making sacrifices.

"You have to be proud

at times

to be a priest he added, statshould have a deep rever-

and never apologize ing the priests

for it"

ence for the church. 'You should defend the

church and speak up for

it."

Bishop Curlin spoke of the recent scandals in the church that have "horrified,

sickened and angered us."

Even though the

percentage of involved priests said,

"One

is

too

many

is

small,

for a priest to

he be

guilty of abuse of a child."

The

— and

bishop challenged the candidates

all

the priests in attendance

—

to be

holy priests and to be "lights in the world

and be the and

salt

of the earth.

the church,

criticize

say,

Wen

people

can point to you

They're the priesthood. They're

what die priesthood

To

we is.'

Make God

proud."

be entrusted with the souls of men

and women, each priest must be a mature, "trustworthy representative of Jesus Christ" said Bishop Curlin. "The people have a right to see in us a profound resemblance to Jesus Christ when they put tiieir souls in our hands."

Being a good priest means living in intimacy with Jesus Christ, said the bishop. He encouraged the priests to spend one hour a day before the Blessed Sacrament and called it the heartbeat of every priest's life.

"Never spend a day without celebrating the Eucharist" he said. "You must share your heart with Christ. Enrich your life

with him."

vants of God," said Bishop Curlin. "Jesus 'I

came

to serve others.'"

This message applied to the importance of priests respecting the members of their parishes. 'They're not

port, prayer

and guidance.

you can

turn, laugh with

he

To

said.

and

whom

under you;

they are your co-workers," said the bishop.

"Welcome them."

Bishop Curlin also focused on the im-

portance of priestly brotherhood, that priests should rely on one another for sup-

him and

The

rejoice with,"

the priests in attendance, he

in

and

them. Help them be wonderful

ment

Father Mauricio

West

priests."

Mass

included

vicar general

and

Abbot Placid Solari, O.S.B., spiritual and administrative leader of Belmont Abbey and chancellor of Belmont Abbey College; Father Paul Gary, rector of

St.

Patrick Cathedral; and Father John

Allen, assistant to the bishop for vocations

and pastor of

St.

Michael Church

in

Gastonia.

During the

in a

promise of obedience to

its

rite

of ordination, the can-

the office of priesthood. Kneeling, both

fulfill

men

placed their hands between Bishop

joined their

congregation was invited to join

thus opening

people as the candidates lay pros-

During the

rite's

most solemn mo-

the candidates knelt in silence before

Bishop Curlin,

The

who

laid his

hands on their

new

chapters in their

lives.

Bishop Curlin expressed his pride the

new

priests. "I

be wonderful

will

trate.

heads.

LoMonaco then

brother priests to concelebrate the Mass,

priests.

You're such a

The

bishop

made

a point to address

holy orders was completed as the bishop

the families of the newly ordained.

hands over the kneeling candidates and prayed the prayer of consecra-

thank you for the

extended

his

tion.

Both new priests were vested with a outer garments of stole and a chasuble

—

the priestly

office.

The

bishop anointed

hands with sacred chrism, and they were then presented with a chalice and paten signifying their roles as celebrants of

The newly ordained

Father Hanic and

gifts

"We

of your sons," he

said.

"I am very proud of my son. He's worked very hard," said Betty LoMonaco, mother of Father LoMonaco. "He's a very devoted and loving person, and I think he'll do very well as a priest He'll live to

serve the people."

"Nothing's ever

Father

the Eucharist

in

have no doubt that you

hope for us and an encouragement for all of your brothers still in the seminary. You are our future."

celebration of the sacrament of

their

didates confirmed their promises to

Father

his successors.

prayer for the candidates, the church

"Welcome them with joy in your hearts and show them that we share with them this wonderful gift. Be brothers to said,

Concelebrants to the

hands

Curlin's

'Eind a good, brother priest to

chancellor;

Priests are to be "servants of the ser-

said

Pictured above: Father John Hanic helps his son, newly ordained Father Johnathan Hanic, with his vestments. Pictured above right: Father John Allen; Father Lawrence LoMonoco; Bishop William G. Curlin; Father Johnathan Hanic; and Abbot Placid Solari, O.S.B. Pictured right: diocesan, religious and visiting priests lay hands on the heads of the candidates during the most solemn moment of the ordination rite.

LoMonaco

felt

so right" admitted

after the

ceremony.

Father John Hanic expressed joy at

i

June

14,

2002

Ordination 2002

The Catholic News & Herald 11

the worid and salt of the earth

Photos by Alesha M. Price

Pictured above right: the candidates kneel and place their hands between

Bishop Curlin's hands in a promise of obedience to him and his successors. Pictured below right: the congregation was invited to join in prayer as the candidates lay prostrate.

& witnessing the ordination of his son. "Hav-

ing

my

son as a priest

Charlotte

is

in the

more meaningful

anything else

that's

Diocese of to

me

than

ever taken place in

my

he said. "I rejoice in this."

Father Allen worked closely with Father Hanic and Father LoMonaco during

life,"

their formation.

"They each bring unique

and wonderful gifts to the diocese," he said.

"I think Bishop Curlin's challenge to all of the priests and the faithful to give our hearts generously to the vocation to which God has called us is itself the key to our earthly happiness and fulfillment," he added.

Father Johnathan Hanic forward to his

life

as a priest.

is

looking

"It's all

about

Jesus Christ," he said.

Contact Associate Editor Kevin E.

Murray

ma il

by calling (704) 370-3334 or ekemurray@charlottediocese. org.

12 The Catholic News & Herald

June

Graduation 2002

2002

14,

Graduates leave their mark on their high schools ALESHA M. PRICE

By

Staff Writer

Graduation is a time filled with thoughts and feelings that run the gamut: leaving old friends behind, the excited fear of meeting new acquaintances, the anticipation of learning the quickest route through the maze of college campus buildings that all look the same, starting a career and entering a world very different from high school. Over 300 graduates from the diocese's two high schools, Charlotte

Catholic High School (CCHS) and Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School (BMHS), reached a milestone in their young lives as they crossed the narrowly bridged chasm between adolescence and young adulthood.

Charlotte Catholic High School Thunderstorms met many of the graduates June 6 with navy blue gowns flapping in the strong winds as students

and families ran into Ovens Auditorium to avoid the downpour. However, the weather did not dampen the spirit and zest of the class of 2002 or their families.

People packed into the auditorium to watch 237 young men and women receive diplomas which stood for years of academic achievement, sports awards and life's highs and lows.

The nervous bunch of future college students and working men and women gathered upstairs waiting to present themselves to the audience until they heard the familiar strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," played for the

by the

CCHS

The

first

time

Concert Band.

students represent 66 colleges

and universities including Belmont Abbey College, Catholic University, North Carolina State University and others and earned over $3.7 million in scholarship money from their prospective schools.

The was

family atmosphere of the school

reflected in the

nicknames that were

from the graduates as the stu-

called out

dents walked on stage and in the bear

hugs that Augustinian Father James Cassidy, principal, received and doled out to every

member of the class.

Several

Photos by Alesha M. Price

Pictured above: Colleen Phelan, helps Jennifer Tryon, valedictorian, pin her medals onto right,

her gown at the

BMHS baccalaureate

Mass May 30 at Our Lady of Grace Church in Greensboro.

Pictured right: CCHS students throw up their hats at the end of the commencement exercises June 6. students

jumped

Valedictorian

for joy as they received

waved at or smiled when their

their diplomas, while others

livered a

family and friends

less,

nicknames were yelped.

After the processional, salutatorian Patrick Elliot told his classmates to reflect

on

their years together in a Catholic

school setting and to take that knowledge with them on their journeys in life.

He said that their lives are beginning anew as they leave their high school and walk into a new world.

"Our education from Charlotte Catholic has come not only from lectures and textbooks; but also from the daily instruction that

how

we

to live as Christians

received on and from the

examples that faculty and students set he read to his classmates. "... The diplomas we will receive today reflect more than our knowledge of subjects such as science, English and social studies; they demonstrate that we have been given the wisdom and understanding necessary to make the difficult ethical and moral decisions

for each other

that

we

face each day."

message to

serious

but,

denonethe-

his class as

he

mentioned their achievements and the sobering and life-altering effects that the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 left on the country. He also thanked his family, the CCHS faculty and his friends for the last

him a token of appreciation from CCHS.

The

students recessed out into the night

and threw

their hats

up

in a familiar

gesture signaling that their high school

days are over.

Bishop William G. Curlin ebrated the baccalaureate

Matthew Church

in

Mass

cel-

at St.

Charlotte June

5.

four years. "...

Our

focus

must now

the past to the future.

shift

from

As we begin

to

look ahead, a myriad of emotions fills each of us: apprehension, sorrow, anxiety and eagerness. ... I have recently discovered that one man and his military forces will not defend freedom; rather, we, our generation, will be the first to begin reshaping the United States of America read Conly.

"As a class, we have achieved a staggering number of accomplishments, yet I see no reason to stop here. The cohesive unit seated in front of me comprises student governors, talented artists, intelli-

Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School Students fanned themselves as they waited to be called outside. The heat in the cafeteria of Our Lady of Grace School rose up as students busied themselves with zipping up their

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June

Readings

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Book Review

Books on alcoholism inspire life-altering changes Reviewed by

GRAHAM

G.

YEARLEY

News Service some

Catholic

All textbooks instruct,

— and only

and a few change lives. tain,

ately called bers,

Anonymous," the "Big Book" by

—

could lead to sustained sobriety and that

each alcoholic might choose a higher power of his or her own liking.

The changes in this new fourth edition come in the second major portion of the "Big Book," a collection of stories of individual members of

affection-

AA mem-

one of those rare textbooks that

is

does

enter-

few

a very

"Alcoholics

Even more radical was the conviction of AA members that only a spiritual awakening, a dependence on a higher power,

three.

all

It

teaches, inspires and

promotes changes.

life-altering

most AA members were male, white and Protestant,

AA.

It also resists

judg-

qualitative

ments; no sensible re-

but as the program

viewer would pass judgment on this book any more than on the Bible or the

grew, so did the variety This

is

the Fourth Edition of

of

the Big Book, the Basic Text I

for Aicolioiics

its

each

Anonymous

Quran.

The

In 1939

members. With

new

edition of the

"Big Book," stories have edition of

been added and older

Anony-

ones subtracted. Stories

mous" was published in 1939, a mere four years

of African-Americans,

first

"Alcoholics

Native

Wilson and "Dr.

Bill

Bob" Smith

in

Americans,

Catholics and

meeting of

after the first

women

appeared in the second

and third

Akron,

Ohio, which gave birth

this

new

editions. In

edition there

is

AA. Traditionally

a second story of Native

the authorship of the

Americans and, new stories of Jewish, gay and teen-age members.

Meanwhile, "Seeds °f Grace: A Nun's Reflections on the Spirituality of Alcoholics

to

edition

first

is

credited

to 100 of the earliest

members of AA, but the writing was done, for the most part,

by Bill Wilson. In the first 164 pages, the actual

M fP V_J

Seed s o

(

R eflections

members outline program of the Twelve Steps

I

he Spi pintudhty

A

cohohes

with other chapters de-

Catholic

and their emThese first 164 pages have remained alcoholics

Sister

unaltered through

all

Moliv

Men

"Oldtimers" in

AA, many with 30

and 40 years of sobriety, are no

tuality of

no one involved

in the

compil-

but-demanding path AA members follow to greater communion with the God of their understanding and their fellow

was not accepted by

the medical profession in the

into the pur-

principal interest in revealing the gentle-

particularly farsighted, as

the idea generally

life

and unitive ways.

While the connection seems legitimate, it seems of secondary importance to her

than four or five years of sobriety. AA's insight into the nature of alcoholism as a

was

spiri-

to the classic Christian

gative, illuminative

Anonymous" had more

ing of "Alcoholics

AA

division of the spiritual

less

astonished than newcomers to the pro-

disease

AA.

denominational

of the "Big Book."

that

in

Molly Monahan. The author links the non-

of

the succeeding editions

gram

nun

In keeping with AA's tradition of anonymity, the author uses a pen name, Sister

human

1930s.

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Romans

Amy

Though

5:6-11

cutting of the lines,

Matthew

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of the playlet.

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on how to

was upset by the

we

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respectfully present her case

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By JEFF HENSLEY Catholic News Service

would restore the Christian message of Asian's resurrection. lines that

The intentions of the teacher who chose the scenes for the greatly condensed version of a children's drama

The teacher, a fine woman with a strong Christian faith herself, readily agreed to the changes Amy suggested.

By acting firmly but not in an accusing manner, my young daughter had

of CS. Lewis' 'The Witch and the Wardrobe" were likely innocent. Her excerpted

won

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class presentation

Lion, the

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may have been done

life.

any offense to non-Christians in the audience or simply have been an accident caused by failing to appreciate how crucial the scene was to the meaning of the book. Asian, a Christ figure

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The

much emphasized

church today,

calls for

in the

nothing more

—

what my daughter did a cerdegree of fearlessness about proclaiming the Gospel in the circumstances of our lives.

Jesus in this week's Gospel commissioned his 12 disciples to go out to the lost sheep of Israel and call them home; he's calling each of us to do the titan

tain

same

today.

on a great stone

came back

to

QUESTION: Where

life.

significance of the series of

events was not lost on year-old daughter,

suspect that the universal call to

holiness, so

according to the action of

the book, then

a victory for the presentation of

I

to avoid

my

then 10-

Amy. And she was

his

is

kingdom,

God to

calling you to bring proclaim the redemp-

tive love that buys us all back from the

consequences of our sins?

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"Ya-Ya" By

is

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Secrets of the

—

In "Divine

Ya-Ya Sisterhood"

Bros.), writer-director Callie

Khouri adapts Rebecca Wells popular novel with mixed results.

Calling to mind other films such as "Beaches," "Fried Green Tomatoes" and "Steel Magnolias," which also paid tribute to the fruits of female friendship and, like the last, rocky motherdaughter relationships,, "Ya-Ya" centers around an estranged Southern mother and playwright daughter and an eccentric circle of aging Southern belles who try to salvage the motherdaughter relationship.

In the way it presents women's relationships, particularly Southern women, the fdm sporadically makes an emotional connection with the audience.

And

—

which turns out to be a lot mother and possibly to help Sidda understand

News Service (CNS)

only so-so —

ANNE NAVARRO

NEW YORK (Warner

The Catholic News & Herald 15

Enterta inmenf

the talented cast and snappy dia-

logue soften the high melodrama of the talky fdm.

may

the fear of

commitment

that has kept

her from marrying her Celtic beau Connor (Angus MacFadyen) of seven years.

The women

share with Sidda

their "divine secrets"

—

all

as carefully re-

—

corded in an old, frilly scrapbook about their lives, loves and losses. The film rolls out these memories in a series of flashbacks with Ashley Judd convey-

young

ing the inner demons that the

Vivi suffered. However, the film never

probes deeper than the surface to examine Vivi's emotions and frustrations or

how

her actions impacted Sidda, the who bore the brunt of Vivi's tantrums. And by the time the film reaches its dramatic climax, revealing the truth behind Vivi's

oldest of four children,

and then the reconciliation between mother and daughter, it is erratic behavior

a letdown.

Nonetheless, "Divine Secrets of the

CNS

Scene from movie 'Bad Company' Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock star in a scene from the movie "Bad Company" by Touchstone. The classification

is

leave viewers dissatisfied with frugal

Ya-Ya Sisterhood" does have a few gems to offer. Foremost is the cast, but

America rating

character development that often

most

material

crosses the line into caricature. And,

Pained by the guilt over her sins, Vivi confesses to her local priest regularly, and faith seems to have been a constant in her life regardless of the turmoil surrounding her. In her own extravagant way, Vivi prays to the Blessed Virgin asking her to intercede and take her prayer to God and Jesus.

And although the spiritual aspects are somewhat downplayed, they do exist and are presented in a confident manner in keeping with the character.

Fans of the book as well as those who never picked up the novel may find that, although screenwriter Khouri

But more often than not,

it

is encumbered by confusing flashbacks from two time periods and the use of three different

unfortunately, 'Ya-Ya"

sets of cast

members

to play the

during different stages

Yet

it's

many

in their lives.

likely to strike a

in its target audience

— while

women

chord with

— women

possibly pulling in a few male

viewers along for the ride as it showcases the considerable aptitude these grand dames have for portraying the colorful but shallow characters.

magazine interview, successful City playwright Sidda Lee Walker (Sandra Bullock) takes a few swipes at her Louisiana mother's In a

New York

surprising

is

the film's spiritual

tried to

cram

much more

in as

is

much

as possible, so

missing, particularly in

unintentionally setting

the background and stories of the characters. However, for those who enjoy down-home, lively female flicks, "Divine

skills,

mother, Vivi (Ellen Burstyn).

Scurrying to the rescue are Vivi's long-time pals: widow Necie (Shirley Knight), who holds the moral compass of the group; Caro (Maggie Smith), who throws back drinks as often as she reaches for her oxygen mask; and Teensy (Fionnula Flanagan), a wealthy Alcoholics Anonymous member who drives a canary-yellow convertible Rolls-Royce. Now elderly members of the secret childhood society, the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (of which Vivi was the ring-

life

leader), the trio trot off to the

Big Apple

and stage an "intervention," Ya-Ya style. They kidnap Sidda and take her back to Louisiana to show her all the things she never knew about her

Parents...

may be

Ya-Ya Sisterhood" just summer entertainment.

Secrets of the

may

be fine

Due

to a live-in relationship, a scene of child abuse, mature thematic ele-

ments and intermittent profanity and crass language with an instance of rough language, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification

—

adults.

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be inappropriate for children

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The nun victims of war's atrocities The daily headlines read like constant obituary pages, tallying how many people were killed in the day before by so much hatred in so many parts of our world.

The Pope

Speaks

I

get on

my

atrocities

my

knees as

I

heard yet another story of Nazi military in World War II when they took over

the town of Nowogrodek in Poland. To assert their power and, no doubt, to put their hatred for the church into action, they marched the nuns who had long worked in the town, 1 1 Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, out to a wooded field and shot them point

audience, explains

mystery of pain, suffering

By CINDY WOODEN Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

—

While the

Bible often views suffering as the result of disobedience or sin, that is not always the case,

Pope John Paul

II said.

In the biblical vision, the just person

"is

with well-being, joy and long life as a natural consequence of an honest and faithful existence," the 82-year-old pope said June 12 at his weekly general audience.

In the same way, sins are punished with suffering and misfortune, he said, but such a vision is only partially true.

'The reality of human pain is much more complex and cannot be so easily simplified," the pope said. "In fact, human suffering must be considered through the perspective of eterfilled

ANTOINETTE BOSCO CNS Columnist

blank to death.

Belorussians, and then the Nazis, that brought evil and

had never heard of the 1 1 martyrs of Nowogrodek until a couple of months ago. I had even

destruction to this place.

missed seeing a small item in the paper back in the year 2000 that mentioned them among saintly people that Pope John Paul II was elevating to "blessed" for their bravery, motivated by their love of others. Now that I know their incredible story, these women have become unforgettable heroines to me.

I was introduced to these "Blessed Martyrs" by Sister M. Agnese, the provincial superior of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth based in Monroe, Conn.

Sister Agnese had called me and asked me if I would be the guest speaker for their community day of recollection, emphasizing reconciliation and forgiveness.

When I got there, Sister Agnese told me about their foundress, Mother Frances Siedliska, a beautiful woman from Poland, who died at age 60 in 1902. She wanted to found a community that would serve the human family, from children to the old, always remaining a witness of God's love as revealed in the holy family of Nazareth.

Then Sister Agnese told me about the sisters of Nowogrodek. Though this was a Polish town with much ethnic and religious diversity, the sisters, who came in 1929, had always had great relationships with the people. It was the war, with invaders, first the

threat to them, the

I

Pope, at weekly

Line

remembering the

of the multiple wars that have taken place in none worse than World War II.

Recently

II

finish reading,

The Bottom

lifetime,

men gone mad

POPE JOHN PAUL

I

2002

14,

Knowing

that Polish and Soviet partisans

were a by executing 60 people, including two Catholic priests, on July 31, 1942. This was followed by intensified Nazi op-

Germans

first retaliated

new wave of 120 mostly fathers and sons torn from their families. The people came to the sisters and it is known that Sister Stella, in charge, literally prayed, "Oh God, if sacrifice of life is needed, accept it from us who are free from family obligations, and spare those who have wives and children in their care. We are praying for

pression, resulting within a year in a arrests,

this."

Unexpectedly, the Germans approached the sisescorted them to Gestapo headquarters and kept them confined that night. At daybreak, on Aug. 1, 1943, they were driven to nearby woods and shot, ters,

execution-style.

The community fice offered "all

affirms,

on behalf of

whom

those for

"God accepted

the sacri-

their brethren." Unbelievably,

they sacrificed their lives were

saved!"

War is hell, indeed, but meeting these 1 1 Blessed Martyrs was assurance once again for me that God lets heaven break through in unexplainable ways.

nity."

The

pope, addressing some 8,000 visitors Paul VI audience hall, spoke about

Psalm God.

liturgical song,

This

of Faith

call is valid for

celebrates trust in

God who

is

the

source of serenity and peace, even when one sees the apparent success of the ungodly," the

pope

said.

As

the psalm points out,

it

is

"a

peace

which

is intact even in old age, a season still to be Jived with fruitfulness and security," he

said. •

The psalm

also speaks of the oil with

which the just are anointed, giving them energy and symbolizing God's protection.

Borrowing the words of Origen, an early church theologian, the pope said, "We pray to the Lord that our old age, all our struggles and all our darkness would be enlightened by the oil

It can hire union-busting consultant firms and violate the spirit of labor law by lengthy legalistic challenges and delays. All this hurts the common good by intensifying the adversarial relationship between management and labor through fear, anger and lingering resentment. In another column (August 27, 2001) echoing the American Catholic bishops, Higgins promotes "new experiments in co-management and co-ownership" and a

which

is conducted our celebrations as well so that they find splendor not only in the words and rites, but also in the melodies which animate them."

The psalm, while making a clear distinction between the just who are as strong as cedars and the wicked who wither like the grass, "is an optimistic hymn," he said.

artfully.

of the Lord."

to discourage union

union rebuttals.

the psalm makes clear, he said, "the Lord's love and fidelity must be celebrated

through

mandatory meetings

organizing while denying workers equal time for pro-

92's description of the just person before

As

"It

ers to attend

Economy

filling the

GLENMARY FATHER JOHN S. RAUSCH

broader role for trade unions beyond their limited role

Guest Columnist

in

traditional collective bargaining.

Msgr. Higgins ("The Yardstick," February

14,

2000)

counters the trend toward individualistic values "when

Labor priest spoke from Catholic tradition

Wien

people prefer to and are expected to

Msgr. George Higgins died on May 1, 2002, the American church lost a prophetic voice for justice.

Nicknamed the 'labor priest," Msgr. Higgins spoke out tirelessly promoting the dignity and economic status of all

Msgr. Higgins'

workers, especially those in agriculture, health care,

jected the notion that

mining, poultry, housekeeping, teaching and

steel.

He

championed the civil rights of minorities and the rights of workers to form trade unions. A humble person maneuvering behind-the-scenes, Msgr. Higgins infused a sense of justice into disputes as he listened and talked to both sides.

Each week for 56 years, Msgr. Higgins wrote a syndicated column, "The Yardstick," that reflected on social justice and challenged Catholics to remember their traditions. While his column spanned a wide range of topics that included abortion and Jewish-Catholic relations, a central focus was labor.

Frequentiy Msgr. Higgins quoted direcdy statements of the popes and bishops to teach social justice principles. In 'The Yardstick," August 30, 1999, he cites the American bishops' critical questions for evaluating public policy

"How

human person? Does this human dignity and human

does the policy touch the

policy enhance or diminish rights?

Does

In this

this policy

advance the

is

—

a bad example.

The

not guaranteeing workers their rights to free

labor elections, he observes.

Management can

force

themselves."

believe the ates for

market protects individual workers and negoti-

them according to the dynamic of free competition. rebuttal: "Catholic social teaching

has re-

wage justice can be left purely to the workings of the free market." He notes that Pope Leo XIII in

1891 taught that the requirements of natural justice

wage agreement even if both worker and employer agree to the terms.

In his last column (September 10, 2001) Msgr.

Higgins used the words of the Catholic social reformer, Msgr. John A. Ryan, from the 1930s to summarize his thinking about labor: 'Effective labor unions are still by far die most powerful force in society for the protection of the laborer's rights and the improvement of his or her condition. No amount of employer benevolence, no diffusion of a sympathetic attitude on the part of the public, no increase supercede an unjust

of beneficial legislation can adequately supply for the lack of organization

among

the workers themselves."

For Msgr. George Higgins the labor movement represented a vehicle for justice and human dignity. "I am convinced that

we

are not likely to have a fully free or

democratic society over the long haul without a strong and

good.?"

same column he uses the National Labor

Relations Board as an example

NLRB

common

shift for

Proponents of individual bargaining over collective action

work-

effective labor

2000.)

movement" ('The

The church

will

miss the

Yardstick," April

critical

priest" unless his spirit lives in the

advocates for social justice.

-10,

voice of its "labor

next generation of

June

14,

2002

wonderful and freeing thing.

One

Light

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But there's more to it than that. These instruments of our freedom have power. They have potential for great good, and a parallel bad. More frightening, perhaps, is the arbitrariness of life. You can be the world's greatest driver,

Candle

obeying

and

still

all

get

the rules, looking both killed. It just

accomplish this horrible

takes one other driver out there to reality.

Most

cars are

made of at

depending on the circumstances.

Of course,

Guest Columnist

Reflections

of steel, a force that can save you or destroy you,

least a ton

MSGR. JIM LISANTE

ways before you move,

Family

there are

some things we can do

to

improve

ANDREW &

Guest Columnists

partying to have one person in the vehicle as a designated driver

Roadside reminders

is vital.

And avoiding people who seem to be driving way is just good common sense. Know-

in a questionable

You see them only briefly, usually out of the corner of your eye. But even in that flash, you recognize that someone died there. I'm speaking of the shrines built by griefstricken families and friends. They mark our highways and roads with increasing frequency, formed by mounds homemade wooden cross a photograph of the person who died on that spot.

Rarely do we slow down to look closely at these

ing roads, lights, curves and blind spots

adequate preparation. people

tion,

still

And yet,

is

all

die in unacceptable

numbers. Families

numbers of roadside memorials

build increasing

part of

still

to those

they have loved and lost in the most commonplace of

or

When someone we love goes off to war, we know what may well happen. When someone we love has a problem

now gone. There is something just a knowing

that we've just passed a

off-putting about

place

where someone actually died. And yet, that's the People die on our streets by the thousands each According to statistics for the year 2000, provided by

reality.

year.

the U. S. National

Highway

Safety Administration, 41,821

people died in motor vehicle crashes. About one-fourth of

them were aged 16 to -24. Few, if any, expected that ride to be their last. Most presumed that this was just one more ride, no more special or different from any other. But it wasn't. This time, they died.

Young

people,

no older than

sixteen in

most

to

When

We all want to make a difference for good in the world.

Sometimes

metaphor

I

know

may

the story

to help us

that's

own and all.

others.

They

"fall"

Those

who

respects

life:

are reminders that caution and concern can be

Question

Corner

we must

Among

these are the truths that

God

created the

world out of nothing by simply commanding it to be (Genesis 1 and 2); that this creation was meant to be a blessing and delight for people; that as it came from his hands the earth was very good; that sin and other evils came, not from God or an evil power outside somewhere, but from our own hearts when we became confused and conflicted by wanting to be like God (3 and 4); and that even then God was laying the groundwork for healing and restoring us to intimacy with him.

In other words, the Genesis stories are pretty much the tale of each human being's spiritual journey of sinfulness, hope and reconciliation with God and other people.

We

stories first of all

tions encountered

way

of understanding these by the sheer number of contradic-

are led to this

when we

try to take

them abso-

lutely literally.

man and and has a son, he

Cain, supposedly the son of the first

woman, not only marries

a wife

ice-

and

stitutions

faith

communities. Knowing

what's below the surface helps us understand persons different than us.

The well.

iceberg analogy holds true in families as

When two

people marry, their union

is

a

meeting of two cultures. Both families of origin have their own sets of hidden assumptions, values, patterns, myths and beliefs that may impede their harmonious merging of cultures.

It's

helpful for each person to explore his or

her own iceberg so that they may better understand their feelings and behavior responses to situations with the other's family.

A simple example from our early years of marriage may help clarify what we mean here.

Though Andrew was always treated with respect and abundant hospitality with Terri's fam-

he

a bit uncomfortable

felt

him uneasy when

when

visiting their

Exploring

his

He

appreciated their

was something

that

warm made

visiting them.

own

family culture,

Andrew

had very different hosting styles. In his family welcomed guests helped themselves. This helped him to underrealized that their families

stand his

Columnist

own

uneasiness with Terri's parents.

It

him to express his needs to them. To home" in their home, he needed to help

also helped

start,

other.

see,

berg and above the surface. Below the surface are the hidden assumptions, values, patterns, myths and beliefs that make up the much larger mass.

The analogy is helpful for intercultural relationships in neighborhoods, workplaces, learning in-

hospitality, yet there

CNS think

The obvious characteristics—what we hear and touch—are at the tip of the

taste,

and doted over him.

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

even with children, to help them understand that the stories of creation in Genesis, as well as many other passages in the Bible, are not meant by God to give us historical "facts" about the beginning of the human race.

They are God's way, through deceptively simple human stories told by the sacred authors, of revealing certain crucial and basic facts about God and ourselves, and about our relationship with him and each I

it

analogy.

ily,

when they disobeyed the Creator.

But what do we say when asked where wives came from to marry Cain (when he was banished by the Lord to the land of Nod), Seth, Adam and Eve's third son, etc.?

A.

how

family home. Terri's parents were gracious hosts

of mankind,

(Massachusetts)

better understand culture and

groups and individuals, educasociologists and researchers use the iceberg

tors,

your

are not just makeshift shrines, after

signs of true love.

be something like a

understand the

accomplished by something as ordinary,

as basic as being a careful driver

Q. I am wondering how to explain some parts of the Bible to our children, especially the description of Adam

and Eve.

may not face a happy on the edge, we know of going over that edge. But driving they

lives

seems so basic, so normal, so unthreatening. Well, it is and it isn't Because even in the everyday, there are dangers.

There are risks.

Rather than avert our eyes, we should slow down and notice those shrines. They remind us of lives now ended.

They encourage us to drive more slowly, watch more cautiously, temper our rage and anger, and remember that we're driving in an instrument which can cause death.

children about the Bible

tell

we know

someone we love

they face the real risk

states,

something wonderful for most, the freedom of getting around without depending on others. Cars and trucks are a sort of liberation. They not only get teens to school and work but to get-togethers with friends, opportunities to be away from parents and others who have authority. Wheels can, in fact, be a can't wait to drive. It represents

What

with drugs or alcohol, end.

To

affects cultural

the drive from one place to another.

activities,

little

Exploration of the "Iceberg Analogy"

with even the best prepara-

of flowers, perhaps topped with a

tributes to loved ones

TERRI

LYKE

chances of survival. Deciding every single time you go

feel "at

himself sometimes. But, he also gained insights actually founds a city,

made up of people from some-

where, which he names after that son, Enoch (Gen 4:17).

Just seven or eight generations later (perhaps 200

and Enoch are described and sheep raisers, tillers of the soil, and workers in bronze and iron, all of which (especially the

years?), descendants of Cain

as cattle

are occupations we now know human beings only developed after many thousands of years.

Nearly 60 years ago, Pope Pius XII, in his classic

last)

encyclical

on the Catholic way of interpreting the

Scriptures, noted that the Bible uses

modes of expression common

all

the idioms and

to the people of the

Near

Terri's family's hosting style

It is

the scholar's task, he said, to ask where and to

the sacred authors were writing?

What

literary

forms did they use? Why were they writing, and what were they trying to say?

The answers to these questions leads to the key question of interpretation, says the pope: What was the author really trying to express by his writings? ("Divino Afflante Spiritu," 31-38)

What I said above is the explanation which by far most Scripture scholars give to the creation stories. It will save your children lots of confusion later, and perhaps difficulties of faith, if you begin now to help them interpret the words of the Bible appropriately.

and was better

with the grace it was given.

Understanding what's below the surface in one's own iceberg is a lifetime endeavor. However, it's the place to start. When we are aware of the hidden patterns, myths and beliefs below the surface in our own families of origin, we have more to share with our spouses. When they remain hidden, the iceberg below the surface can be able to receive

it

a minefield.

In

many

other ways

we

recognize our differ-

ent cultures from our families of origin. All marriages struggle with the

part of the

East.

whom

on

merging of cultures.

work of two becoming

one.

It's

Indian archbishop speaks on war, church's mission

By REV. MR.

GERALD POTKAY

Christians might eventually control the country if conversions continue.

Correspondent EDEN After attending an international meeting of the Kopling Soci-

—

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dras-Mylapore, India came to visit the priests of his archdiocese whom he had sent to work in the "mission fields" of the United States.

His visit brought him to Father Thomas Selvaraj at St. Joseph of the Hills Church in Eden May 28 to June 2. The trip was made possible by a grant Archbishop James received from the Kopling Society, which was founded to help improve the social and economic status of people around the world and make them more self-

Archbishop James. "This

concept that will continue to grow because the poor in countries like Mexico and India will continue to benefit from this is

a

In the event of a war between India and Pakistan, Archbishop James said that both countries would lose.

"Money diverted to the war effort means that there will be even less

money

Photo by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay

Archbishop

Das James,

Arul

archbishop of Madras-Mylapore,

came from a meeting in Mexico to visit Father Thomas India,

Selvaraj at St. Joseph of the Hills in

effort."

Archbishop

James

said the Catholic Church in India does a lot of social work due to the discrimination of the country's caste system.

"The lower caste people today are given a lot of help in the form of education and job placement from the government, if they are non-Chris-

Then, should one convert to all government assistance stops for him or her," he said.

"So, we could say that even though there is no physical persecution going on, economic persecution persists." tian.

Christianity,

The 70-year-old archbishop has been a member of the church hierarchy for 29 years 20 years as the bishop of the Diocese of Ooty and nine as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore.

Although the leader of the largest archdiocese in India, with over 1 million Catholics in 170 parishes, Archbishop James has met much resistance on the part of the Indian gov-

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NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK

—

(CNS)

Eleven

ecumenical partners of the Roman Catholic Church have pledged their sup-

"Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People," which was to be discussed by the bishops June 13-15 in Dallas,

and shared information about

sure the protection of children and pre-

Christian Church, Disciples of Christ;

vention of abuse," Cardinal Keeler said.

Armenian

New York

At the .

ways

ticipants agreed to seek

in

the fu-

port for efforts to deal with sexual mis-

the sexual misconduct policies in their

ture to cooperate together in order to

conduct by clergy and lay leaders as the Catholic bishops prepared to discuss the

own

take even

"The American bishops of the

specific issue

steps on the of abuse of children and

issue in Dallas.

Catholic Church are going to their semi-

young people

in

must work together in seeking to find ways to offer healing to those who have been so wounded and to

annual meeting in Dallas with a determination to provide clear policies in dioceses throughout America that will en-

statement

"All Christians

denominations.

Orthodox

Church

more dramatic

In addition to the

USCCB, church

America; United Methodist Church; Greek Orthodox Archdiocese; United Church of Christ; and Presbyterian

New York

represented the

Church U.S.A.

church and society," the

said.

leaders in

restore the faithful to the faith that has

been taken from them by these actions," said a statement issued after a June 5 meeting at the Episcopal Church Center in New York.

"It was clear from the meeting that the Roman Catholic Church and its bishops do not stand alone in the painful experience of dealing with sexual misconduct among clergy and lay leaders in the church," the statement said. "The Catholic Church shares with the wider ecumenical community deep concern for » the victims of sexual abuse, especially children and young people."

The meeting was convened by Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore and included 13 representatives of U.S. Christian denominations with episcopal church structures, as well as three staff members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Cardinal Keeler is a longtime member of the Catholic bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and In-

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Sister's life of ministry evolves with the times

By JOANITA M.

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couldn't drive," Sister Irene said.

headdress changed to a simple headband with a veil reaching below the waist.

Correspondent

ROSMAN — Midlife career change is

usually associated with the business

Later, the habit also

but Charity Sister Irene Mongrandi went from teaching to nursworld,

nally,

ing halfway through her 58 years of religious

life.

Mongrandi joined the Sisters of Charity of Convent Station in New Jersey in 1944 when she was 22. "I went to a Catholic school run by the Irene

Sisters of Charity

was

I

An even more momentous change came for Sister Irene in the 1 970s when she was able to embrace the profession

whom

she had wanted to pursue at the beginning of her religious

30 years earlier.

"The atmosphere was more open to changing your ministry," she life

me

decided that

said. "I

it

would

like to

go

I

into

nursing as a licensed

to do," she

practical nurse.

said.

After high school,

I

liked

What

was bedside

she worked.

"Now do

Her advice it

work, she

some

firm before choosing a

sultation, that hap-

which

She trained for a year in New Haven, Conn., with five

her focus area.

Sisters of

months of classes in Eli Whitney Technical School, then seven months of clinical work

Charity were a teach-

Charity Sister Irene Mongrandi

I

entered," Sister Irene

"Now we have

said.

many

works: social business adminis-

tration, diocesan positions.

in a teaching school in

ing her training, she worked at

was placed

I

New Jersey.

I

Raphael's for two years before

thing," she said, 'Taut

"I

found

my

I

tal

"I

life

it

very

fulfilling

was impressed by the faith of the people. This was primarily Baptist country. People would ask if you were saved, and that was a very different concept for me. I usually just said, 'Yes.'' I don't think they would have understood our con-

convent

clinic in

a floor-length black dress with a black

Carol Hoban, a nurse working at the

cape to the waist, a black apron and a

Frances Rosman.

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most

among

those in

compete

in

Families

in

Their Hour of

compete

in the cursive cat-

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4 and one for grades 5-8.

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was happy."

Changes in her order began to happen on the eve of the 1960s. The habits that the sisters wore were modified, then disappeared altogether. They had worn

"We

has been "to be able to be of

years

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added,

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who

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sisters in various

services, pastoral care,

would

pened."

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when

vised.

considering

where there are various steps of living in community and talking to sisters.

They also have a chance to see the works that we're engaged in."

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tration. So, after con-

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"I

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the religious try

women

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little

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"First,

write

things at home, help with food preparation. It's all in slow motion." to

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I'm puttering," she said.

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as she can.

she worked for several

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This past February Sister Irene celebrated her 80th birthday. She continues

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